Mechanical toy.



H. J. COLE.

- MECHANICAL TOY. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 31.1917- 1,-279,987. Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

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HARRY J. COLE, 0F BENNINGTON, VERMONT.

MECHANICAL TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 2%, 1918.,

Application filed October 31, 1917. Serial No. 199,443.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY J. Gone, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bennington, county of Bennington, and State of Vermont, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates essentially to a mechanical toy in which rotary motion is imparted to a device by the force of gravity, in combination with the torsional force exerted on a suspender by the weight of the device.

The fundamental object of the invention is to provide a toy designed especially to stimulate a childs imagination, and which can be made the subject of a study to entertain persons with a mental tendency for mechanics.

The novel features of the invention are more fully described in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 represents a sectional side elevation of a toy embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same partly in section.

In this drawing the letter a designates a table or platform which is preferably circular and provided with a card board rim b having pictures Xrinted thereon to give a pleasing effect. series of flags c as shown or any other objects such as card board figures of clowns or manikins are mounted on the table. A pole d projects upward from opy is suspended by means of a thread f fastened to an eye 9 and a pin or nail 72 drlven into a table or any stationary article elevated from the ground.

The thread as shown is of the ordinary sewing kind consisting of three or more yarns united and lIllZBItWlSllBd-* When the thread is fastened as indicated the canopy and the table will revolve at a uniform rate of speed until the thread is entirely untwisted. In this device the time of travel is limited by the length of the thread, in actual practice a thread about two yards long will whirl a table around a central point for about three quarters of an hour.

I claim 1. A mechanical toy comprising a table, a pole secured to the center of the table, a conical canopy fixed to the top of the pole, and

a single thread secured to the central top portion of the canopy for suspending it from a stationary object.

2. A mechanical toy comprising a table, a pole secured to the center of the table, a conical canopy fixed to the top of the pole, and a single thread consisting of a number of intertwisted united yarns secured to the central top portion of the canopy for suspending it from a stationary object.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY J. COLE.

Witnesses:

J. J. SHAKSHOLM, JOHN NAsH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0." 

